Shoeboxed App: An Easier Way to Manage Business Receipts

Each month I highlight web or mobile apps that are useful to lawyers. Sometimes the apps are developed specifically for lawyers and other times I feature non-legal apps that are nevertheless interesting to lawyers.

Today’s app is Shoeboxed. This app simplifies the often arduous process of tracking expenses and receipts. Instead of setting aside receipts and organizing and submitting them upon your return to the office, you can instantly capture them using your iPhone’s camera. Once the receipts are digitalized, you can, using either your iPhone or via the online interface, categorize the expenses as reimbursable or deductible. Uploaded receipts are fully searchable via vendor, notes, the date, and the total amount expensed.

The app also allows you to track mileage. And, once entered, all expenses are easily exportable into a number of programs, including Excel, Quickbooks, and many other accounting programs.

The app is available for both the iPhone and iPad and the basic version is free. If you travel for work often, this app is for you–so give it a try. Since it’s free, you have nothing to lose. You can download it here.

Nicole Black is an attorney and the Legal Technology Evangelist at MyCase. Her legal career spans nearly two decades and she has extensive litigation experience. She was named an inaugural ABA Legal Rebel in 2009 and an inaugural Fastcase 50 in 2011. She is also a well known legal technology author, journalist, and speaker. She wrote "Computing for Lawyers" (2012) and co-authored "Social Media: The Next Frontier" (2010), both published by the American Bar Association. She also co-authors "Criminal Law in New York," a Thomson West treatise. She often speaks at conferences about the intersection of law, mobile computing and Internet-based technology. She can be reached at niki@mycase.com.